As the March 24, 2010 execution date for Hank Skinner approaches, Skinner’s defense team has made a last minute appeal for additional DNA testing of forensic evidence found at the […]
Category: Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals
Charles Dead Hood was convicted in the 1989 fatal shootings of 26-year-old Tracie Lynn Wallace and 46-year-old Ronald Williamson. For the last two years, upon discovery of substantial evidence and […]
As reported yesterday, Larry Swearingen lost his request for additional DNA testing with the Court of Criminal Appeals. The Texas Observer wrote the following piece on Swearingen’s possible innocence. “Possibly […]
On Wednesday, February 9, 2010 the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied additional DNA testing and upheld convictions for three death row inmates. The Dallas Morning News (2-10- 2010) reported […]
On Monday, February 1, 2010, capital murder convict Gabriel Gonzales was ordered to serve life in prison for the 1994 murder of a pawnshop owner in Bexar County. Gonzales was […]
In the second part of Brandi Grissom’s Texas Tribune article “Case Open” (January 29, 2010) a closer look at the impending execution of Hank Skinner is examined. The article focuses […]
Hank Skinner is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on February 24th, 2010, wrongly so according to the 47-year-old inmate. Brandi Grissom of the Texas Tribune wrote […]
Steve Hall of the StandDown Texas Project has compiled a list of news stories related to last week’s recommendation by San Antonio District Judge David Berchelmann that the state’s highest […]